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Your Weekly Clover Valley Newspaper October 11, 2012 ❖ www.CloverdaleReporter.com ❖ 604-575-2405
‘We did drop the ball’ TransLink sorry for not responding to complaint
By Jennifer Lang their work placement assignments. TransLink is investigating com- They are raising money for the plaints from a local high school food bank as part of the Fare Fight student with cerebral palsy who for Food campaign and take the says buses aren’t picking him up community shuttle several times a week. because he’s in a wheelchair. The driver that morning stopped Brenden Parker, a Grade 12 at the bus stop, let a fourth passenstudent at Clayton Heights Secger aboard, only to shut the doors ondary, says twice in and drive off, leaving recent weeks the bus Parker, England and has stopped at the stop the other student with across from his school, their mouths hanging only to shut the doors open in shock. and drive off without “The three of us him after picking up stood there, looking at other passengers. each other, stunned,” The latest incident he said. happened on Oct. 3, The students missed when Parker, educatheir work placement tional assistant Terry appointment, but the England, and another incident was the last student were waiting straw for Parker, who for the C70, a route Brenden Parker says he’s angry and served by a wheellooking for answers. chair-accessible bus Th is isn’t the first time it’s hapequipped with a lift. They were on their way to the Willowbrook Mall pened, he says. When the bus came back half an in Langley, where Parker and the other student were expected for hour later on its return trip, Parker, England and teacher Sheri Mont-
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Brenden Parker, right, a Grade 12 student at Clayton Heights, waits for the C70 bus outside his school last week, accompanied by EA Terry England, and another student. Parker is frustrated that some busses have taken off without letting him on.
gomery were there to confront the driver, who offered excuses, including that he did not see them waiting, according to Parker, who remains skeptical, as does England, who stands 6 foot 3. “Isn’t that your job?” England wondered. “I kind of vented at the guy.”
The same thing happened a couple of weeks ago, according to Montgomery, BASES department head at Clayton Heights, who immediately complained to TransLink, but never heard back. So when the bus left Parker on the curbside again, they decided to contact local media in hopes of get-
ting answers. Last Friday, a supervisor from the Surrey Transit Centre went to the school to take a statement, promising to look into Parker’s complaints. Translink spokesperson Derek Zabel confirmed a Sept. 21 com-
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